Case Studies Arts and Humanities Data Service, King’s College London Alastair Dunning
Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi Archive of medieval stained glass Running since 1949 Pilot project introduced digital aspect Tested various parts of projects All types of conditions, environments for digitisation Workflow much easier to comprehend
Exeter Keystones & Carvings Extensive illustrations and information about all figurative sculpture in cathedral Example of different deposit Out-sourced work requires careful management Specification and communication with project team Exeter project stalled because of lack of understanding
Plans without documentation Outsourced Work No quality control for images Exeter Keystones & Carvings
The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music In-house digitisation Awareness of colour calibration, editing procedures, surroundings, careful handling Equipment purchased
The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
Record of 20 th century constructions with military purposeRecord of 20 th century constructions with military purpose Interoperable with other resourcesInteroperable with other resources Specific thesaurus includedSpecific thesaurus included Metadata … The Defense of Britain
Returns different metadata according to database
Standards … The Newton Project Exploring Newton’s ‘non-scientific’ manuscripts Digitasation extending the boundaries Standards are required at several levels Detailed ‘Transcription and Tagging Policy’ xml for footnotes, foreign languages, abbreviations, revisions, changes in ink
Newton
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